The role according to Grass, Mason and MC Eachern cited in the book the main points of mind in sociology by David Bery (1995: 100) defines the role as a set of expectations imposed on individuals or groups that occupy a particular social position. While stated by Soekanto (2002:
243), that role is a dynamic aspect of status (status). If someone carries out his rights and obligations according to his position, then he carries out a role. Based on these two meanings, the role is a set of expectations imposed on individuals or groups to carry out the rights and obligations that must be carried out by the role holders in accordance with the expectations of the community.
The fourth (four) Amendments to the 1945 Constitution state clearly the form and composition of regional government within the framework of the Republic of Indonesia. Article 18 paragraph (1) reads The Republic of Indonesia Unitary State is divided into provincial and provincial regions divided into regencies and cities, each of which has a regional government governed by the Law.
Whereas Article 18 paragraph (5) of the 1945 Constitution states that: the regional government is an autonomous region that can carry out government affairs as widely as possible and get the
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right to regulate governmental authority except for governmental affairs which are determined by the central government affairs? . Definition of Regional Government in Law No. 32 of 2004 concerning regional government article 1 paragraph 2, is as follows: ?? Regional Government is the administration of government affairs by the regional government and the DPRD according to the principle of autonomy and the task of assistance with the principle of autonomy as broad as possible in the system and principles of the Republic of Indonesia as referred to in the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia? Looking at the definition of regional government as has been stated, the definition of regional government here is the implementation of autonomous regions by the regional government and the DPRD according to the principle of decentralization in which the regional administration is the Governor, Regent or Mayor and regional apparatus.
Dissemination is an activity aimed at target groups or individuals so that they get information, awareness, acceptance, and finally use the information. The main factors that can support the development of an activity/practice in a particular science are based on and utilizing the results of research. Jennet and Premkumar (1996), say that every research that has been done needs to be published and disseminated. The results of the research will strengthen or override the pre-existing assumptions with more scientific information. The most important benefit is that the results of the research can be used as a basis for decision making in certain fields/practices (Dobbins, Ciliska, & Dicenso, 1998). The culture of conducting research in certain fields/practices will eliminate the stagnation of the development of science and the emergence of various scientific innovations that will help achieve scientific goals more efficiently and effectively.
The function of local government according to Law No. 32 of 2004 are: (a) the regional government regulates and manages its own government affairs according to the principle of autonomy and co-administration; (b) to carry out the widest possible autonomy, except for government affairs which become government affairs with the aim of improving community welfare, public services and regional competitiveness; (c) the regional government in carrying out government affairs has a central government relationship with the regional government. Where the relationship includes authority, finance, public services, utilization of natural resources, and other resources.
One of the principles of local government is the principle of decentralization; the main objective to be achieved through a decentralization policy is to position the Regional Government as a local government unit that serves to provide effective, efficient and economic public services which in this case are related to public services. Decentralization requires local governments to play a more active role in carrying out government tasks. Regional governments are obliged to make every effort to improve the welfare of their people, one of the efforts is the use of the results of research by the community, to be used by the Regional Government in advance to make efforts??
dissemination? The results of research to the community.
Dissemination is defined as an activity to convey the results of research to the wider community.
The success of research activities in various fields is determined by the level of utilization of the results of the research by users or stakeholders. Until now the results of the research that have
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been achieved are considered to be quite a lot, but the level of implementation is still very lacking. There are several things that cause the slow application of research results to the community level, including: (1) Dissemination systems that are not precise and relatively slow; (2) There is a change in the delivery system to the community in line with changes in the regional autonomy policy; (3) There is a shift in various interests related to changes in regional autonomy policies; (4) Limitations of the ability and capital of the community to apply research results technology; (5) There is still a lack of compatibility between the technology produced with the wishes/needs of users/stakeholders.
Local governments play a role in disseminating existing technology so that it can be applied by users in order to improve the welfare of their people. Dissemination that can be carried out by regional governments includes: (1) technology and information demonstrations (technology titles, visitor plots, expositions/exhibitions, and showrooms), (2) face-to-face communication (field meetings, seminars), (3) information development (publishing publications, printing and disseminating leaflets, brochures, posters, and disseminating information through the website), and (5) providing services in knowledge and technology. Dissemination techniques used are tailored to the type of technology that will be delivered. The success of this activity is not obtained only from one dissemination activity, but from various activities that support each other, and takes time to get it.
In the dissemination of research results, the Regional Government can carry out technology and information demonstration activities in the form of (a) technology degree: technology degree is an applied test of research technology package to obtain certainty of the suitability of the resulting technological package/component with local biophysical and socioeconomic conditions.
Technology degree is held as a place to promote research results, (b) visitor plot: is a technology demonstration plot from the results of research and research activities that have been carried out to be shown to the public, as users or stakeholders., (C) exposure/exhibition: the results of research to the community through visual demonstrations, and (d) showrooms: The Regional Government builds a showroom as a place to permanently introduce research results to the community.
Furthermore, in order to convey the results of research to the community, the regional government has the role to initiate face-to-face communication in the form of field meetings and seminars involving the producing institutions and the community as users of research results. The role of local governments in the dissemination of research results can also be carried out with development activities. Information in the form of publishing publications, printing and disseminating leaflets, brochures, posters, and disseminating information through the website), as well as the formation of information groups in disseminating research results. Local governments can also play a role by providing knowledge and technology services.
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CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The local government has an obligation to make every effort in order to create prosperity for its people. One of the pillars to improve community welfare is the use of research results. However, there is a gap between the community as users and institutions as creators. For this purpose, the government can bridge the gap between the community and research and development institutions. This role can be done by (1) technology and information demonstration (technology degree, visitor plot, exhibition/exhibition, and showroom), (2) face-to-face communication (field meetings, seminars), (3) information development (publishing publications, printing and dissemination of leaflets, brochures, posters, and dissemination of information through the website), and (5) providing services in knowledge and technology.